Who are you?: identification, deception, and surveillance in early modern Europe

Are we who we appear to be? : narratives of identication -- Images and signs -- Registering names : offices of record -- Marks on skin -- Nature's way : the color of things -- Letters and their bearers -- Certificates and appearances : doubling the person -- Major apparatuses

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Groebner, Valentin 1962- (Author)
Contributors: Kyburz, Mark 1963- ; Peck, John 1941- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Zone Books 2007
In:Year: 2007
Reviews:[Rezension von: Groebner, Valentin, Who Are You? Identification, Deception, and Surveillance in Early Modern Europe] (2008) (Apps, Lara)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Europe / Self / Identity
Further subjects:B Persons (Europe) Identification History
B Identity (Philosophical concept) History
B Europe
B Identification cards Law and legislation (Europe) History
B Self
B Identity
B Personality (Law) (Europe) History
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Summary:Are we who we appear to be? : narratives of identication -- Images and signs -- Registering names : offices of record -- Marks on skin -- Nature's way : the color of things -- Letters and their bearers -- Certificates and appearances : doubling the person -- Major apparatuses
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1890951722